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Table 3 The Mediating effect of responsive caregiving on the relationship between maternal depression and ECD

From: Maternal depression and early childhood development among children aged 24–59 months: the mediating effect of responsive caregiving

 

Unadjusted model

Adjusted model δ

Coef./proportion (95%CI)

P-value

Coef./proportion (95%CI)

P-value

Total

    

a*

4.50 (2.73–7.43)

 < 0.001

4.35 (2.60–7.27)

 < 0.001

b*

4.33 (2.20–8.52)

 < 0.001

3.89 (1.89–8.02)

 < 0.001

ACME

0.011 (0.004–0.020)

 < 0.001

0.010 (0.004–0.020)

 < 0.001

ADE

0.044 (0.018–0.070)

 < 0.001

0.044 (0.017–0.080)

0.012

TE

0.056 (0.028–0.090)

 < 0.001

0.057 (0.018–0.080)

 < 0.001

PM(%)

19.73 (7.81–45.00)

 < 0.001

18.07 (5.84–48.00)

 < 0.001

Female

    

a*

6.51 (2.73–15.53)

 < 0.001

5.96 (2.43–14.62)

 < 0.001

b*

5.18 (1.64–16.34)

0.005

8.02 (2.25–28.53)

0.001

ACME

0.011 (0.002–0.030)

0.010

0.011 (0.002–0.030)

0.008

ADE

0.041 (0.003–0.090)

0.030

0.047 (0.007–0.100)

0.022

TE

0.052 (0.015–0.100)

0.004

0.058 (0.017–0.110)

0.008

PM(%)

19.27 (2.87–75.00)

0.014

17.89 (3.06–60.00)

0.016

Male

    

a*

3.69 (1.98–6.87)

 < 0.001

3.56 (1.87–6.79)

 < 0.001

b*

3.70 (1.59–8.57)

0.002

3.06 (1.22–7.70)

0.017

ACME

0.012 (0.003–0.030)

0.002

0.010 (0.001–0.020)

0.018

ADE

0.050 (0.009–0.100)

0.022

0.052 (0.007–0.110)

0.026

TE

0.062 (0.021–0.110)

0.004

0.061 (0.016–0.110)

0.008

PM(%)

18.47 (4.26–62.00)

0.006

14.53 (1.06–61.00)

0.026

  1. ACME, average causal mediation effect; ADE, average direct effect; TE, total effect; PM, proportion of mediation; Coef., coefficient; CI, confidence interval
  2. * OR, odds ratio
  3. δ Model adjusted for child age, child sex, premature birth, ethnicity, maternal age, maternal educational achievement, annual household income, positive discipline, and accompanying time with child